@zippykona, yes any power bank will work, a Diablo is 3,500 mA capacity so that should give it an extra 1.4 times capacity.
Does that not negate the point of a diablo?
The point of my Diablo is to light the trail ahead of me without running out of power, so no it doesn’t, I could run it on lower power but that would negate the point of the Diablo for me.
Aye, agreed. Pisses me off having to manage the power on it, to see you through the full ride.
Replaceable batteries would be great, would sort that issue, that's why I'll give the scorch a go.
My point about the point of a Diablo was that it's a self-contained unit. If you're going to have a separate battery attached by a cable for whatever reason would or not be better to have an all-in-two light instead?
Jimmy 748 you got me thinking.
We sell these in the shop 5400 capacity and it does indeed power a Diablo. Sorted, thank you!
@teethgrinder I know what you're saying, but I'd prefer a replaceable battery.
Riding with no pack, a separate battery is a no.
@teethgrinder a separate battery pack is different to a separate booster pack, this way I can use the Diablo on its own but I like the back up when riding solo or further afield.
And the light is my camp torch, battery pack will charge my phone. Dedicated bike light with battery pack is pretty much only that.
I have considered a moon , I was worried about the beam pattern being more focused. Have you found that?
The Vortex Pro is fairly focused yes - it’s ideal for a helmet light with a floody light on the bars.
Bit of a thread resurrection. For a while now I've been wondering if my Scorch light will fit an Exposure helmet mount. Thanks to a PSA on here I bought a cheap (all things being relative) Exposure helmet mount from Evans. It arrived yesterday and the Scorch seems to fit it ok.
Haven't had a chance to actually take it out for a spin yet but so far it's looking good.
Jeffl - do you prefer the Exposure mount to the Scorch one? Have got a joystick (which I'm selling because I've bought a Scorch) but I never thought of swapping the mount
@stevemorg2 - The answer is I don't know yet, but I think I probably will. Reason being that he Scorch one had a lot of the weight on the front of the helmet as I had to mount it quite far forward to get the beam at the correct height. I know the weight of the battery is towards the rear of the fixing point but still wasn't great.
With the exposure mount it can be placed more towards the top of the helmet, so the weight is more central (front to rear). I think the only concern is that it would sit fairly high up. Oh and the light doesn't have a lanyard so could ping off if I give it enough of a clout.
I'll update the thread when I've had a chance to ride with it.
Cheers - my only slight issue with the Scorch is that the battery means I can't always tip the light as far back as I'd like so the exposure mount may be a solution
Yes the scorch does fit the exposure mount. I bough the head strap for the battery connector. I use the exposure mount to hold the battery on the back of my helmet with the light unit up front. @stevemorg2 the arrangement I'm using sorts the issue you have.
So bit of an update on this. I finally went out for the first night ride last night with the exposure helmet mount and scorch light. It worked really well. The ball and socket joint allows you to easily alter the direction of the beam. For example if you're sitting up to spin up a hill or head down and elbows out going downhill you can easily alter the angle to point the light where you need it, although TBF it's a pretty wide flood beam rather than a spot.
The weight and stack height wasn't a problem as it was nicely centred on the helmet.
